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Sales of note for 9.10.24
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Ann Taylor – 30% off your purchase
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Boden – 15% off new styles
- Eloquii – $29 and up select styles; up to 50% off everything else
- J.Crew – Up to 50% off wear-to-work styles; extra 30% off sale styles
- J.Crew Factory – 40-60% off everything; extra 60% off clearance
- Lands’ End – 30% off full-price styles
- Loft – Extra 40% off sale styles
- Talbots – BOGO 50% everything, includes markdowns
- Target – Car-seat trade-in event through 9/28 — bring in an old car seat to get a 20% discount on other baby/toddler stuff.
- Zappos – 26,000+ women’s sale items! (check out these reader-favorite workwear brands on sale, and some of our favorite kids’ shoe brands on sale)
Kid/Family Sales
- Carter’s – Birthday sale, 40-50% off & extra 20% off select styles
- Hanna Andersson – Up to 50% off all baby; up to 40% off all Halloween
- J.Crew Crewcuts – Extra 30% off sale styles
- Old Navy – 40% off everything
- Target – BOGO 25% off select haircare, up to 25% off floor care items; up to 30% off indoor furniture up to 20% off TVs
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And — here are some of our latest threadjacks of interest – working mom questions asked by the commenters!
- The concept of “backup care” is so stupid…
- I need tips on managing employees in BigLaw who have to leave for daycare pickup…
- I’m thinking of leaning out to spend more time with my family – how can I find the perfect job for that?
- I’m now a SAHM and my husband needs to step up…
- How can I change my thinking to better recognize some of my husband’s contributions as important, like organizing the shed?
- What are your tips to having a good weekend with kids, especially with little kids? Do you have a set routine or plan?
I think my 3.5-year-old is finally patient(ish) enough for games (board games or similar)…any recommendation for games that are appropriate for that age? I have no idea even where to start; we were never a big game family growing up.
Can we talk about the state of our houses? I know this has come up before but I’m feeling down. When I go to my neighbors’ houses they’re all pretty tidy. Even when I just drop by to pick up the kids, etc. Mine is usually somewhere between messy and disaster except for the few days after the cleaners come. Are the naturally tidy people out there spending tons of time tidying? Just have less stuff? Have a housekeeper? If you’re neat, tell me your secrets! If you’re messy, help me feel better?
Ooooof, it has been a morning. Husband is on overnight business trip and I am leaving for one this evening. Go to our safe to grab my passport (thankfully did this first thing) and discover that the battery has died and that the safe is therefore impenetrable. There is a back-up key for this purpose but 1) this has never happened before and 2) the safe is 15 years old, pre-dates me, and my husband has no idea where it is.
Luckily a locksmith and an exorbitant fee was able to resolve this in an hour – and thankfully our nanny was already scheduled to arrive 30 min before her usual time, so another adult was there to distract the toddler from the whirring drill and flying metal bits. MONDAYS!
Strangely I did have an anxiety dream about forgetting my passport about 4 days ago – guess I’m psychic? Also, can you tell I don’t travel for work much?
On the subject of the business trip: On the off-chance anyone has good suggestions for how to spend a spare hour or two of time in London/Canary Wharf, would love your input! I know it’s not really the most appealing part of town.
We have a couple long plane trips coming up, so looking for more activities to add to my collection. Tablet time is definitely one of them, but they get bored after 30 minutes or so.
Prior hits have included sticker books, playdoh, stringing straws on pipe cleaners, and coloring. Anything else been a hit with your kid at this age?
I’m currently on maternity leave for my second baby and will be going back in a month. I’m trying to think of whether I want to ask for a flexible schedule, and what that would look like. Does anyone here work flex hours? How do you structure it? Have your co-workers been ok with it? I’m in-house counsel at a multinational corporation. I generally have a lot of meetings during standard working hours, and also have some at night with colleagues in other parts of the world (although these aren’t that regular, more on an as needed basis and I take them from home). I guess I’m wondering if a flex schedule would work, or possibly cause friction with colleagues who are trying to schedule meetings for times when I’m not available. Anyone in a similar boat?
Wise hive,
Please help with an earring and necklace combination for this dress. I’m attending a family weeding this weekend. I am terrible at this! Thanks! https://www.lordandtaylor.com/karl-lagerfeld-paris-tulip-three-quarter-sleeve-scuba-dress/product/0500089370496?R=190169385060&P_name=Karl+Lagerfeld+Paris&sid=16DA69ABFC81&Ntt=karl+lagerfedled+dress&N=0
Hi all, thanks for the good vibes last week – I thawed out my frozen eggs, transferred one blast at day 5, and got a very very very faint line today, 5dp5dt. I know it’s still early but can’t tell anyone other then my husband yet, so wanted to post here!
After all the comments on the main s i te and here about no-shows after “yes” rsvps, I wanted to share some happy news: we had only one no-show to my daughter’s birthday party yesterday, and she had so much fun! I was really nervous because we’re new to town, this is a new school, and we don’t know the kids or parents well. I was nervous it would be easy for folks to bow out…but they mostly didn’t! I was so happy for her, and enjoyed meeting the other parents. Thanks to those who show up for the new kid!
Is anyone here currently living off their partner’s income such that they could decide at a moment’s notice to quit working and stay home with the kids? If not, how easy would it be to make the adjustments that would allow you to do so?
For those of you with partners who have very busy, sometimes unpredictable work schedules, do you do any special planning for childcare for your own business trips? DH is a biglaw senior associate, with a heavy workload and near-daily client firedrills. I am being asked to attend a conference cross-country and trying to figure out childcare. I am usually the one getting the kids ready in the morning and putting them to bed at night. Conference would have me away all day Sunday through late Wednesday night. I can ask our nanny to increase her hours somewhat, but I don’t think I can ask for much more than 70 hours that week (which is already ridiculous and would just be DH’s normal hours). Should I get backup in case he has his usual firedrills? The logistics of this seem daunting.
Sleep question – our 14 month old’s wake up timing was slowing creeping from 6/6:15 to 5:30 and then last week, suddenly jumped to 4:45. She wakes up crying and won’t go back to sleep (at least not within a few minutes, So far, we haven’t tried letting her CIO at that time because we don’t want her to wake her brothers). We’ve tried pushing her bedtime back a half hour over the weekend and it worked Friday night, but not Saturday night (and then she took a monster nap on Sunday to make up for staying up later, I assume). She’s getting molars, so it may be her teeth bothering her in the am. Any suggestions to get us more sleep? Because she seemed to be making up for the later bedtime with a longer nap and because of the teething, I’m hesitant to keep up with the later bedtime, but pre-5 am wake up is so rough!
My 2 year old whines all day every day. It’s incredibly grating and makes time she’s here really unenjoyable. Is this normal? Will it ever get better before age 6?
What phone apps did you use while pregnant to track the progress? During my first pregnancy, I used babycenter but found their community comment threads useless/annoying and didn’t love the user interface. Now I’m early on in my second pregnancy and just wondering if there are better options.
We have been so fortunate to have a short commute to daycare. However, due to an upcoming move we will have a temporary increase in the time our preschoolers will be in the car. Right now they are in the car 10 minutes if there is a lot of traffic. Our new temporary commute will be at least 30 minutes each way, even more if there is bad traffic. For anyone that has a commute with a 3 or 4 year old, what do you do with them? I would prefer not to do tablets. So far my only idea is coloring books.
We anticipate that this will last for about a month. We are living with family while we renovate a house we are purchasing. Alternatively we could try and find a short term Air bnb that is closer to daycare for a month. But since we have family that is very excited to have us stay with them it seems silly to spend the money just do shorten our commute.
We have been on the dog rescue crazy train for nearly six months now, with several failed bids for dogs that seemed like perfect matches. After I swore I was done with the whole business, we have just requested a meeting with yet another dog. My 12-year-old is having near-daily crying spells about how much she NEEEEEDS a dog, and I can’t take this much longer. All good vibes/wishes/prayers appreciated.